WEST BROMWICH ALBION v EVERTON
Barclays Premier League Saturday 1st September 2012, 3pm The Hawthorns
TEAM
NEWS
Albion
Baggies' boss Steve Clarke is hoping to have a
virtually fully fit squad to choose from for Saturday's game against Everton at
The Hawthorns. Clarke made wholesale changes for the midweek trip to Yeovil,
with a number of players missing out due to minor injuries. Nigerian striker
Peter Odemwingie is the biggest doubt after suffering a thigh injury ahead of
last weekend's game against Spurs. Winger Jerome Thomas will definitely miss out
with a hip injury.
Deadline day signing Goran Popov, signed on a
season-long loan from Dynamo Kiev, is unavailable for selection.
Squad: Foster, Reid, Ridgewell, Olsson, McAuley,
Yacob, Mulumbu, Morrison, Odemwingie, Gera, Long,
Myhill, El Ghanassy,
Rosenberg, Dorrans, Tamas, Jara, Lukaku, Jones, Allan, Thorne,
Brunt, Fortuné, Dawson.
Everton
Everton will be boosted by the news that Phil Neville and
Tony Hibbert are both fit for selection after originally being doubts for the
game. David Moyes will therefore pick from a fully fit squad.
Bryan Oviedo, who was a target for Albion before
eventually signing for Everton on friday, will not feature.
Squad: Howard, Distin, Jagielka, Baines, Neville,
Gibson, Osman, Fellaini, Pienaar, Naismith, Jelavic, Mucha, Hibbert, Heitinga,
Mirallas, Barkley, Francisco, Coleman, Gueye, Vellios, Anichebe, Duffy, McAleny.
QUOTES
Albion head coach Steve Clarke:
“Everton have had a solid start, with a great first
performance at home to Manchester United.
“I was there that night and
Goodison Park was rocking, there
was a great atmosphere, a terrific performance and a well deserved three points.
“I watched the DVD of the game at Villa, they scored early and controlled the
game really well.
"David Moyes has been there a long time, so he knows what he needs.
“He has made some really astute signings over the last year which has improved
his team and his squad, and they will be one of the teams who realistically can
look to challenge towards the top six this year.
“They are a good solid club, they always do their business
well, they are always competitive and we expect a difficult game.
“But I'm hoping Everton are coming down to The Hawthorns expecting a difficult
game as well because that is what we aim to do, is make it really difficult for
them.”
“They have started well but they have got good players.
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Everton
assistant manager Steve Round:
“I think
West Brom are a really good team. I was at the game against
Liverpool and we had scouts at
Tottenham.
"They are very hard working,
well-disciplined team. They are very difficult to score against and very
difficult to beat. They have got senior players everywhere, they had a good
season last year and will be aiming for top 10.”
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MATCH
ODDS
Result
Albion Win: 15/8, Everton Win: 7/5, Draw: 23/10 .
First Goalscorer Jelavic 5/1,
Odemwingie 6/1, Long 7/1, Lukaku 7/1, Mirallas 7/1, Fortune 8/1, Rosenberg 8/1,
Anichebe 8/1, Naismith 8/1, Vellios 8/1, Fellaini 9/1, Morrison 10/1, Gueye
10/1, Brunt 11/1, Dorrans 11/1, Gera 11/1, Pienaar 11/1, El Ghanassy 12/1, Osman 12/1, Baines 16/1, Barkley 16/1, Gibson 18/1.
REFEREE
Jonathan Moss (West Yorkshire) - Refereed three
Albion games last season: Everton (A, League Cup, 1-2); Swansea City (H, 1-2);
Queens Park Rangers (H, 1-0).
TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets are currently on general sale to home fans only, however, the Smethwick
End is now sold out whilst availability is limited in the Birmingham Road End
and East Stand. The game is sold out
for Everton fans.
WEATHER FORECAST
Cloudy but dry,
18°C.
FIXTURE HISTORY
Both Albion and Everton are founder members of the Football
League and the very first meeting between the two sides
came during the league's inaugural season in 1888/89. The first game took
place at Everton's Anfield Road ground in December, Albion running out 4-1 winners
thanks to two goals from Billy Bassett and one apiece from Walter Perry
and William Hendry. The return game at Stoney Lane saw Albion complete the
double over the Merseysiders thanks to a 1-0 win in what was the last game
of the season, Fred Crabtree the goalscorer.
Albion's biggest victory against Everton came in
December 1935 at The Hawthorns, legendary striker W.G Richardson scoring
two of the goals in a 6-1 stroll. Other big wins for the Baggies' include
6-2 in March 1960 when Derek Kevan scored five of the goals, 5-0 in 1923
and 5-2 in 1919.
The Toffees' best result against Albion is 7-1,
achieved in 1893 at Goodison Park, Jack Southworth scoring six of the
goals. Everton have also recorded 6-1, 6-2 and 6-3 victories against the
Baggies over the years.
Albion's
last victory against Everton at The Hawthorns came in the final game of
the 2010/11 season when Youssouf Mulumbu scored the only goal of the game
in a 1-0 win for Roy Hodgson's men. Since that victory, Albion have lost
three successive games against Everton.
LAST
MEETING AT THE HAWTHORNS
Albion
0-1 Everton Barclays Premier League Sunday 1st January 2012, 12.30pm
Albion: Foster,
Jones, Shorey, McAuley,
Dawson,
Brunt (Dorrans 90+3), Scharner, Morrison, Thomas, Odemwingie, Long. Subs Not
Used: Fulop, Tchoyi, Cox, Thorne, Fortune, Jara Reyes.
Everton:
Howard, Hibbert, Distin, Jagielka, Baines, Rodwell (Gueye 57), Neville (Anichebe
65), Heitinga, Osman, Cahill, Saha (Stracqualursi 65). Subs Not Used:
Mucha, McFadden, Bilyaletdinov, Barkley.
Booked:
Baines (foul 85), Stracqualursi (foul 90+3).
Goalscorer: Anichebe 87.
Attendance: 23,038
Referee: Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire).
Everton substitute Victor Anichebe scored his first Barclays
Premier League goal of the season to earn his side victory against
West Brom at the Hawthorns.
Anichebe struck with three minutes remaining after
Albion had failed to clear a cross from Tony Hibbert. It earned the
Toffees their fourth away win of the campaign and allowed them to leapfrog
Albion in the table. The
Baggies have won only two of their home league games this season and their tally
of seven goals in front of their home fans remains the joint worst record in the
top four divisions.
Both sides had struggled to carve out clear-cut openings
before Anichebe struck with Toffees keeper Tim Howard not having a shot to save
in the entire 90 minutes.
Albion were the first to settle and winger Jerome Thomas got on the
end of a low ball into the danger area from Billy Jones but lost his footing. It
was 18 minutes before the first reasonable opportunity when Shane Long headed
just over after getting on the receiving end of a deep centre from
West Brom skipper Chris Brunt.
Then John Heitinga produced a fine tackle inside the Everton area to halt the
run of James Morrison.
West Brom keeper Ben Foster flapped at an overhead kick from Louis Saha following
a Leon Osman corner. But the former
England keeper atoned for his
error by rushing out to block the resulting shot from Jack Rodwell. Everton
looked the more likely to break the deadlock and Nicky Shorey blocked a fierce
drive from Leighton Baines after his initial corner was half cleared. Saha sent
a half-volley just past the post after
Albion failed to clear a Baines free-kick fully. Everton defender
Phil Jagielka screwed a shot just wide from another Baines centre.
Albion looked short of attacking
ideas and Heitinga blocked a long-range attempt from Peter Odemwingie. Rodwell
should have done better with a free header from a Baines corner but he directed
it wide.
Albion showed more purpose at
the start of the second period and Odemwingie missed a clear chance after 47
minutes. The Nigeria international stayed onside in running onto a looping
header forward from Morrison and got clear of the Everton rearguard. But
Odemwingie lacked composure and lifted his shot over the bar. Jagielka did well
to cut out a low Jones cross with Long waiting in space behind him to take
advantage. Heitinga managed to nick the ball away from Odemwingie as he prepared
to shoot inside the Everton area. Morrison floated a pass over the Everton
defence to Brunt but Sylvain Distin had read the move and was able to get back
and block his shot. Foster saved a volley from Everton substitute Magaye Gueye
at the foot of a post. Then, with three minutes left, Anichebe netted the
winner. Osman's neat flick found Hibbert in space and Scharner failed to deal
with his cross. The ball broke to Anichebe who slotted home his first league
goal of the season.
Sporting Life
CURRENT CONNECTIONS
None.
PAST
CONNECTIONS
Amongst the players to have turned out at various levels for
both clubs are: Brett Angell, Walter Boyes, David Burrows, Kevin Campbell, Stan Davies,
Thomas Dilly, Peter Eastoe, Tony Grant, Andy Gray, Asa Hartford, Paul Holmes, William
Jordan, Kevin Kilbane, Andy King, Ken McNaught, John Thomas, Mickey
Thomas, Imre Varadi and Steve Watson.
Wilf Dixon was a trainer at both clubs.
ALL-TIME LEAGUE & CUP RECORD VS EVERTON
VENUE |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Home |
74 |
39 |
18 |
17 |
147 |
85 |
Away |
78 |
16 |
16 |
46 |
96 |
166 |
Neutral |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
Total |
155 |
57 |
34 |
64 |
246 |
253 |
LAST
TEN MATCHES AGAINST EVERTON
DATE |
COMPETITION |
H/A |
F-A |
GOALSCORERS |
GATE |
Sat 31 Mar 2012 |
Premier League |
A |
0-2 |
McAuley (og), Anichebe |
32,051 |
Sun 01 Jan 2012 |
Premier League |
H |
0-1 |
Anichebe |
23,038 |
Wed 21 Sep 2011 |
League Cup |
A |
1-2 aet |
Brunt (pen) - Fellaini, Neville |
17,647 |
Sat 14 May 2011 |
Premier League |
H |
1-0 |
Mulumbu |
25,838 |
Sat 27 Nov 2010 |
Premier League |
A |
4-1 |
Scharner, Brunt, Tchoyi, Mulumbu - Cahill |
35,237 |
Sat 28 Feb 2009 |
Premier League |
A |
0-2 |
Cahill, Saha |
33,898 |
Sat 23 Aug 2008 |
Premier League |
H |
1-2 |
Bednar (pen) - Osman, Yakubu |
26,190 |
Sun 07 May 2006 |
Premier League |
A |
2-2 |
Gera, Martinez - Anichebe, Ferguson |
39,671 |
Sat 19 Nov 2005 |
Premier League |
H |
4-0 |
Ellington 2 (1 pen), Clement, Earnshaw |
24,784 |
Sun 03 Apr 2005 |
Premier League |
H |
1-0 |
Gera |
26,805 |
|